Dark December: The Full Account of the Battle of the Bulge. Contents I. Wacht am Rhein: The German Plan Prelude 1 An Idea Is Born 3 Whither Now 4 The Finger Points 10 A Fateful Day 11 On Pain of Death 15 The Generals 19 Crucial October 25 Counterproposals 27 Operation "Confusion" — The Special Brigades 30 November Takes Its Course 34 A Slight Double Cross 37 A Final Conference 40 Hitler Is Ready 42 Hitler's Last Advice 45 II. Eisenhower's Great Decision The Allied Dilemma 49 The Breakout 50 The Chase 53 Where Are Our Supplies? 56 The Decision 60 The Calm 65 November Offensive 68 The Dam Attack 70 The Die Is Cast 72 III. All Quiet Settling Down 74 It Can't Happen Here 82 Six And Six Are Thirteen 86 The Optimists Club 93 What Went Wrong? 98 IV. The Penetration Not A Creature Was Stirring 103 Those First Two Days 106 What's Going On Here? 115 Let No Man Split Asunder 120 The War Of Nerves 126 V. The Crisis (December 18-26) Americans Are Aroused 136 Formation of the Ambleve River Line 138 The St. Vith Salient 149 First Army Attempts To Plug The Gap 159 Bastogne 174 The Southern Flank — Third Army Attacks 184 The Meuse River Line 187 VI, The Dying Gasp (December 26-January 16) The Crisis Is Ended 190 Hitler Hesitates 194 The Attack On Bastogne 196 First Army Regroups 198 The Germans Take An Inventory 202 We Attack In Force 205 Alles Kaput 207 VII. An Inventory Damages Assessed 210 German Genius Grieves 214 Old Soldiers Never Die 218 Myths Of The Ardennes 220 Was It A Dark December? 231 I Appendix i Supreme Headquarters Expeditionary Force 235 I Army Group B (German) 236 Digitized by Google Books.

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